This peice was one of my first goes using photoshop cs2 to create animal fur. Used MilBigCat from poser and rendered scene in bryce 5.5. Any tips or advice on painting hair and fur would be much appreciated.

Created character and Pose in poser 6, created scene and rendered in bryce5.5,
Added dreadlocks and other details in photoshop cs2. Any tips and advice on painting hair greatfully received..
Inspired by Bob Marley.

Imagine was the main rending tool. The figures where all posed in poser. I used photoshop quite a bit. It took over 450 hours to render on a dual xeon system. The conceipt for this image is an old one, that's been in my head for years. Iv'e done others like it.